Heaven in Hell or.. Vice Versa

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I never thought i could ever finish one pack of goldflake lights in a night.. but it has been done, recently!

Nostalgia does this to you. And even more, I think i’ve a few really pathetic reasons for me to smoke, cause Ember smokes this brand, and burning tobacco of this cig reminds me of him.. the taste on my tongue, the hazy fog created by cig, all of it, is a way to make him alive in my memories.

THAT phaze of life, well, this shall pass as well.

And tell you, Whats the most funny thing of all, I’m allergic to cigs.
Ekta.

Something that I’ll cherish the rest of my life!

… And finally somthing I’m sharing really really personal on this blog.

Very happy one,

Ekta.

Gathering

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Khub jamega rang…

Jab mil baithenge teen .. i mean.. 4… urmm.. actually 7 yaar [3 arent visible in the pic]..

Anyways, it was real fun, after the rain!!

Looking forward to more of them!

for all of you in india, May you all enjoy the rain as much as I do..

My new Love

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I got this baby day before. And am so glad to have got this one. Of course this is like taking a step back ward from digital world to a filmroll based one, but it has a real vintage feel to it.. and so far, as one of my very good friend says, it DOES give me a high, a kick of sorts while I click away the photographs!

So yeah, congratulate me all!:)

This is a time for another beginning.. and I shall be letting you know that asap! Winks. Keep reading.

Ekta.

Thats something, I need to do. But can’t really find time to! Ironical!

 The Place where recently Pooja’s Exhibition was held! That was where an impromptu meet of PCA happened as well. The prints on canvaas where awesome, though in a few pictures it ruined the detailing due to the texture of the canvaas that was added in that picture. Of course I felt somthing wrong with the prints, though only when a friend told me about the texture, I understood what was feeling not right. Over all, in my thoughts, pooja has done a great capturing. Although, I would have loved seeing more photos from her rather than just some 30+.

In fact that was also the time when me and a friend of mine ended up discussing theories of photography. In my definition there are two theories, First is that you Take the photo, and second is where you Make the photo.

In simple words, first means, you see a scene, that makes you feel, makes you want to capture that right moment, just as it is. And the Second theory means, you create a scene you’ve in your mind, and then take the picture later.

Of course, both of us agreed on here, though he enlightened me with his third and the normally very much used theory. That you take a picture just as it is, and then add to it a ‘fake’ explaination to make it seem more ’dramatic’ and all.

And it lead me to think, whether most of the street photography I see, is the First or the Third kind?